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In this Dec. 14, 2013 file photo, a makeshift memorial with crosses for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting massacre stands outside a home in Newtown, Conn. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Newtown families to announce lawsuit against gunmaker

Kelly Cohen · December 15, 2014 4:07 pm

Pro-amnesty group: More applicants will make it harder for GOP to ‘take it away’

Kelly Cohen · December 15, 2014 2:00 pm

Fifty-two percent of Americans support protecting gun rights, a record high. (iStock)

Gun ownership support growing

Kelly Cohen · December 11, 2014 6:19 pm

Texas Gov. Rick Perry answers questions during an interview with The Associated Press at the historic Texas Governor's Mansion, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Rick Perry: ‘I am a compelling individual to support’ in 2016

Kelly Cohen · December 10, 2014 11:58 pm

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition Saturday, March 29, 2014, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Scott Walker once signed a note ‘Molotov’ instead of ‘mazel tov’

Kelly Cohen · December 10, 2014 7:55 pm

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani expressed displeasure Wednesday with the CIA report on extreme interrogations. (AP Photo)

National Security

Afghanistan’s Ghani: CIA ‘violated all accepted norms of human rights’

Kelly Cohen · December 10, 2014 5:07 pm

Recent comments by Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas seemed to suggest that Amazon's warehouse workers should unionize. (AP Photo)

Did Clarence Thomas suggest Amazon workers unionize?

Kelly Cohen · December 10, 2014 4:02 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., called the findings of the report, "An ugly chapter in American history." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Members of Congress react to CIA ‘torture’ report

Kelly Cohen · December 9, 2014 8:19 pm

The Texas Republican plans to make the announcement Monday while speaking at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., according to the Houston Chronicle. (Getty Images File)

Ted Cruz: I’ve been fighting against sexual assault since college

Kelly Cohen · December 8, 2014 10:32 pm

Former President George W. Bush said the New York grand jury decision not to indict the police officer who caused Eric Garner's death was "hard to understand." (AP Photo)

George W. Bush says Eric Garner decision was ‘hard to understand’

Kelly Cohen · December 5, 2014 6:41 pm

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Black Caucus members want Garner, Brown families at the State of the Union

Kelly Cohen · December 5, 2014 5:21 pm

Texas Gov. Rick Perry will be the keynote speaker at the American Principles Project's 3rd Annual Red, White and Blue Gala on Feb. 5 in Washington, D.C. (AP/J Pat Carter)

Rick Perry speech to headline conservative gala

Kelly Cohen · December 5, 2014 3:15 pm